This is some explanation for making any changes, how to create the API Doc, etc. ApiDoc website: http://www.apidocjs.com
1. install node.js, node packagemanager, and nodejs-legacy: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-node-js-on-ubuntu-16-04
2.Install nodejs-legacy: `sudo apt-get install nodejs-legacy` (for explanation of *why* this step is necessary, see here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21168141/cannot-install-packages-using-node-package-manager-in-ubuntu)
3.Install apidoc : `sudo npm install apidoc -g` 4. Annotate according to apidoc instructions and following the example of `BionewsRssResource.java` in the BPN repo. Sample annotation:
/**
@api {get} /bpn/rest/bionewsRss Get Bionews Search Results
@apiName bionewsRss
@apiGroup Search
@apiVersion 1.0.0
@apiParamExample Example: https://example.com/rest/bionewsRss?source=mySource&count=7
@apiParam {String} searchId id of a previous search (Optional)
@apiParam {String[]} source type of Bionews source: companies, syndicated, twitter, other (Optional -- default = all)
@apiParam {Integer} count maximum # of items to return (Optional -- default = 10)
*/
@GET @Produces({ "text/xml" })
public String get(@QueryParam("searchId") String searchId, @QueryParam("source") List source, @QueryParam("count") @DefaultValue("10") int count) {
//function body goes here….
}
How to generate the docs: once the apiDoc node package is installed, run this command from the root directory of : apidoc -o /path/to/doc/output. Alternatively, the `-i` flag allows you to specify the input directory. For a full list of features, see `apidoc –help`. Screenshot: Lastly, review the end result, and you may want to grep search & replace if you still see junk in the final product, perhaps due to misconfigured annotation.
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